Falling Away

by Penelope Douglas

First published 2023

Forced to do community service in her hometown, rule-following K.C. finds herself living next door to Jaxon Trent, the high school bad boy she's always avoided. As they grow closer, Jaxon vows to convince K.C. to escape her overbearing mother's shadow. But his own troubled past threatens to destroy their fragile bond. In this slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, two damaged souls must confront their demons and risk it all for a chance at redemption.

Genres: romance, young-adult, contemporary-romance, new-adult

Vibes: emotional, intimate, slow-burn

Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family

Setting: Hometown

432 pages · Paperback · Berkley

Content warnings: abuse, mental-illness

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